Charmaine Lynn McKelvey, 43, of the 8600 block of Breinigsville Road in Upper Macungie Township, was formally arraigned on two counts of theft and receiving stolen property. A status conference is scheduled for September in the case.

But in a letter to the editor in The Express-Times, Race for Adam Foundation President Matthew Tobias said the case is going to trial. In the letter, Tobias said a person used the foundation's name to conduct a raffle, but the foundation never received the money.

A message left at the foundation seeking comment was not returned. The foundation raises money for research into the Niemann-Pick Type C disease.

Police said McKelvey was the president of the American Legion Riders Chapter No. 16 and the organizer of an Aug. 25 raffle for The Race for Adam foundation.

The raffle took in $23,580, but only four winners received their prizes -- totaling $400 in cash and a $25 gift card donated from Keystone Harley Davidson in Parryville, Pa., South Whitehall Township police said. McKelvey allegedly refused to disclose the raffle's grand prize winner of a 2012 custom-painted Harley Davidson Switchback motorcycle.

Police said it was never claimed or awarded and five other winners also did not receive prizes totaling $175.

The event is a motorcycle ride named for Adam Recke, who was diagnosed with the rare, fatal genetic disease at age 6. The fundraiser is set this year for Aug. 17 at the Schnecksville Fire Co.